Scott Cooke "Scotty" McCreery (born October 9, 1993) is an American singer from Garner, North Carolina who won the tenth season of American Idol on May 25, 2011. McCreery was born in 1993 to Judy and Michael McCreery in Garner, North Carolina. His mother works as a realtor. His father was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico to a Puerto Rican mother from San Juan and a white American father. He used to impersonate Elvis as a child, and started learning guitar at age ten. He attended West Lake Middle School and sa...